Auto seat



J y 1, 1930. A. E. HENRY 1,769,343

AUTO SEAT Filed March 16, 1929 2 Sheets-Shet 1 y 1, 30. A. E. HENRY ,76

AUTO SEAT Filed March is. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 v Patented July 1, 19 30 out at res} means i ABNER Eyl-IENRY, or ,ieannnsrune, PENNSYLVANIA euro SEAT Application filed March is, 1929. Serial mi; 347,618.

This invention relates to motor vehicles and pertains particularly to an improved means forvstoring tools-in the vehlcle in a manner which will permit the occupant of the vehicle to'have ready access thereto when any one of the toolsis desired for use.

The invention broadly contemplates the mounting of a tool kit holder upon the under side of a vehicle seat and'the'fmoune' 1e ing, of the seat in such a manner that it mg means whereby the seat may be raised in such a manner "as to expose the under face thereof and topresent all ofthe tools "of'the kit to View. Vi The invention will be best understood from a-considerationbf the following detailed description taken in connection with e the accompanying drawing forming a part of the presentinvention with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined; to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawing but'maybe changed or modified so long as such changes ormod-s' ifications mark no material departure. from the salient features of the invention. as 'eX-s pressed in the appended claims. In the drawings Figure l is a view in sideelevation of a motor vehicle seat-and back therefor, representing the front seat of agmotor vehicle and showing a portion ofthe structure embodying this invention in side elevation and attached thereto;

" the seat structure shown in Figure 1, showing the seat in raised forwardly drawn position with the tool kit carried thereby drawn outwardly;

seat structure and the kit carried thereby; Figure 4 is a View looking toward the lower portion of the front edge of the seat showing the tool carrymg'structure in edge elevation;

,faces'of the side members ofthisframe adjacent, the front of the 'seat' are blocks 5i. 9 the inner'or opposedfaces of whic'hfarepro vide'd' with the grooves 6 which 1 extend sub:

frame 10 for holding the motor vehicle owners drivers permit and registration card.

a Figure 2 is a side 'elevational'view of, g

The outer face of each of the kit ,board Figure 3 is-a bottom plan view of the- Figure 5 is a side elevational View of a rear automobile seat showing the same swinging upwardly against the back therer 0 V I e V igure '6 is a transverse sectional view through the forward portion of oneo'f the ieats showing a'locking mechanism there-.

' Figure- 7 is afront elevational'view ofth e locking mechanism and associated of the seat and supportingbase. V

Refer'ring more particularly to the drawingswherem like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts'throughout the several views, the numeral 1 indicates gen 'erally the usual supporting or base frame I of a motor vehicle seat, theseat structure, being indicated as a'whole by the numeral 2 and in the present instance representing the front seat of a motor vehicle, the steering i wheel adjacent thereto being indicated by "the numeral 3.

The seat structure 2 is-provided with the r I usual body framet and secured tothe under stantiallyparall'el with the" adjacent seat body frame 4:. Positioned between the blocks" 9 i 5 is afkit board ,7, the outer-edges thereof being-"slidably engaged in thegrooves of the. blocks 'and'th'e'l under face of this'board has secured thereto a case 8, which is formed tofprovide a plurality of pockets 9, each of which'is designed to receive'a toolin the usual manner; 'The under" face of this b'oardr may also be provided with a suitable supporting blocks 5 has pivotallyaattached thereto'one end of a link 11 the other end of each link carrying a laterally directed pin 12 which has sliding pivotalengagement .inxa bayonet'slot 13 forinedin the adjacent side member-'of'theseat supporting framel.

As shown,"the short angle of eachslotis.

portions L7 7 downwardly, the slots extending lengthwise of the members in which they are formed" With the link connection 11 of the type shown between the fixed blocks 5 carried by. the seat 2 and the base 1 the front edge of the seat may be lifted up so that the'positioning bars 14i-tl1ereof will be free of the base frame whereupon the seat .may be drawn forwardly and the tool kit board slid forwardly from under the seat until it is in a position where any one of the tools may be readily removed. The seat can then be lowered so as'to let the rear portion of the board 7 rest upon the top edge of the front member of the base 1 with the seat'member l4 resting upon the board in which position the tool kit may be held to permit ready removal or insertion of any of the tools carried thereby.

Due to the position of the steering wheel 3 it will be readily seen that the front edge e of the seat cannot berswung upwardly to position against the back but, if it is" necessary to get beneath the seat for any purpose, the. same imay be drawn forwardly to the position just described, after which the rear edge can be swung up, the pin 12 of the links 11 meanwhile pivoting in the downwardly directed ends of the bayonet slots 13 until the rear of theseat is brought to'rest against the top of the back thereof, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1.

In Figure 5 there is shown a seat structure similar to the structure shown in Figure 1, i which represents the rear seat of the motor vehicle. In this figure the seat-16 is shown as having secured to the under face thereof at each side, blocks 17 to each of which is pivotally attached one end of a link member 18 hinged as indicated at 19 intermediate the "ends, the other end of this link being pivotally secured as indicated at 20 to the inner face of the adjacent-side member'of the seat Y I supporting base 21. Theinner faces of the blocks .17v are slotted as in the case; ofthe blocks 5, to receive the tool kiticarrying board 22,.or, if desired,the board may be This knob may be of the type wherein a 1 key opening 27 is formed therethrough for" the insertion of a key into the lock to secure the seat in down position.

From the foregoing description it will be readily apparent that in accordance with the present invention a kit of tools may be carried in an orderly manner, readily accessible for use and when not in use secure against theft.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination with a motor vehicle seat having a supporting base of a pairof link units,each pivotally connected at one end to the under-face of the seat and at the opposite endsto thesupportingbase, said links being 'h'ingedly secured together at their other ends, an article supporting body slidably carried by the seat, and locking means for holding the seat on the base.

2. The combination with a motor vehicle seat having a supporting base of a pair of link units pivotally connected at one end to the under-face of the seat-and at their opposite ends to the supporting base, said links being hingedly secured together at their other ends, and lockingmeans for holding the seat on the base, saidlockingmeans com prising a latching member mounted on said seat and a lock secured to said'base and adapted to engage said latching means for holding the seat in locked position on the base.

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fixed to these blocks. In this structure the V seatfis permitted to have its, front edge swung upwardly and. rearwardly so as to 7 shown, so that ready access may be had thereto.-

3 In order to secure the seats in down position each may have 'attachedthereto' and depending from the under face thereof latch members 24 which when the seat is down 7 come to rest against the back 23 with the engages in a suitable lock 25, normally operable by a knob '26 projecting from the outer face'of the front memberof the seat supporting frame. j 1 V 

